Ranks of the Austrian Armed Forces

The Austrian Armed Forces of the Second Republic have 21 ranks (the number of troop units on the skirt collar refers to the color of the weapon ).

General

The official title of “military person” is provided for civil servants in the military service . In addition, fixed military ranks are to be used as a description of use. Civil servants use the official title and the designation of use, as far as this is linguistically possible, in the female form. Soldiers of the same rank who are in a command relationship with one another, as well as soldiers of different ranks, have to address one another with the official salutation as "Mr." or "Ms." and their rank; the addition of the family name is permitted.

Ranks

The six-pointed stars on the ranks of the Austrian Armed Forces traditionally symbolize the native alpine edelweiss in terms of shape and design , in contrast to the usual stars of other armed forces.

Generals

Rank group	Generals
Suit 75/03
Skirt collar
Plate cap
rank	General *	Lieutenant General	Major general	Brigadier
abbreviation	gene	GenLt	GenMjr	Bgdr
NATO rank code	OF-9	OF-8	OF-7	OF-6
* The federal eagle on the plate cap is highlighted in red.

Officers

Rank group	Officers
Suit 75/03
Skirt collar
Gun color	Military medical service	Economic service	Higher	technical service	Hunter military patrol	Panzer Panzergrenadiers	Theresian Military Academy
	Veterinary		mil professional service
Plate cap
rank	Colonel	Lieutenant colonel	major	Captain	First lieutenant	lieutenant	Ensign
abbreviation	fruit	Fruit lt	Mjr	Hptm	Olt	Lt	Guide
NATO rank code	OF-5	OF-4	OF-3	OF-2	OF-1

NCOs

Rank group	Staff sergeants				NCOs
Field suit
Skirt collar
Gun color	Telecommunications	Artillery anti-aircraft	Guard	spotter	Sanitary	Aviator
Plate cap
rank	Vice Lieutenant	Officer deputy	Chief Staff Sergeant	Staff sergeant	Sergeant major	Constable
abbreviation	Possibly	OStv	OstWm	StWm	OWm	Wm
NATO rank code	OR-9		OR-8	OR-7	OR-6	OR-5

Recruits and batches

Rank group	Batches			Recruits
Suit 75/03
Skirt collar
Gun color	Pioneers	Jagdkommando Heeressport	NBC defense	Hunter military patrol
Plate cap
rank	Platoon leader	corporal	Private	recruit
abbreviation	Zgf	Complete	Gfr	Recruiter
NATO rank code	OR-4	OR-3	OR-2	OR-1

Additions to the rank insignia

There are supplements to the rank badges for candidates for a militia function and specialist staff.

Accepted volunteers for a team function in the militia (recruits and batches) wear a horizontal green stripe above the rank badge, participants in the militia non-commissioned officer training (batches) and one-year volunteers (recruits and batches) wear a silver stripe and militia officer candidates a gold stripe ( constables only).

Specialized personnel (doctors, veterinarians, pharmacists, psychologists, pastors, musicians, experts) wear their own loop with the appropriate badge above their rank.

Military academics (rank ensign) wear golden horizontal stripes above their rank according to their training progress (e.g. 3 stripes for a military academic in the 3rd year).

Special case military secondary school

The pupils of the military high school also wore badges of rank, which show the respective status of the school level. Black distinctions were attached to the shoulders of the starting suit, black distinction loops were attached to the service suit. A narrow golden stripe was affixed to it for each grade.

Possible functions for the respective ranks

Rank group	Rank	Possible functions
Persons without a batch grade	Recruit (until 1998 military man)	team
Batches	Private	team
	corporal	Team, group commander - deputy (GrpKdt - deputy)
	Platoon leader	Team, GrpKdt - Deputy
NCOs	Constable	Group commander
	Sergeant major	Group commander
	Staff sergeant	(Commander of a group with technical troops) Commander of a train Clerk on the staff
	Chief Staff Sergeant	(Commander of a group with technical troops) Platoon commander Clerk on the staff
	Officer deputy	Platoon commander Clerk on the staff
	Vice Lieutenant	Platoon commander Clerk on a staff
Officers	Ensign	Military academics and officer cadets
	lieutenant	Platoon commander
	First lieutenant	(Deputy) Commander of a company
	Captain	Commander of a company
	major	Commander of a battalion Commander of a (staff) company Function in the staff
	Lieutenant colonel	Commander of a battalion Commander of a (staff) company at techn. Troop or school Function in the staff and in the BMLVS
	Colonel	Brigade commander Commander of a regiment Function in the staff and in the BMLVS Defense attaché
	Brigadier	Adjutant to the Federal President Group leader in the central office of the Federal Ministry of Defense and Sport Commander Command Support Center Head of the Armaments and Procurement Office Head of the Military Real Estate Management Center Head of the Office for Armaments and Defense Technology Commander of the Army Sergeant Academy Head of department in the central office of the Federal Ministry of Defense and Sport Chairman of the Higher Disciplinary Commission for Soldiers Commander of the Military Medical Center Commander of the Army Hospital Commander of the air surveillance command Military commanders Brigade commanders Commander of the Army School Commander of the anti-aircraft and anti-aircraft school Commandant of the NBC defense school Commander of the Army Logistics School Commandant of the medical school Head of the Defense Office Deputy Head of the Directorate for Security Policy in the Central Office of the Federal Ministry for National Defense and Sport Deputy Commander of the National Defense Academy Deputy Commander of the Theresian Military Academy Deputy to the Commandant of the Command Support Center Deputy of the commander of the operational support command Deputy Head of the Office for Armaments and Defense Technology Deputy Head of the Military Real Estate Management Center Deputy Head of the Army Intelligence Office Deputy to the head of the Abwehramt Head of the departments "Weapon Systems and Ammunition", "Vehicles, Devices and Personnel Equipment" and "Aircraft", the head of the commercial department in the Office for Armaments and Procurement as well as the department heads "Arms and Ammunition Technology", "Vehicles and Pioneer Technology" and "Electrical engineering and optronics", each in the Office for Armaments and Defense Technology Head of the "Purchasing" and "Information and Communication Technology Systems" departments, the "Institute for Military Geography" and the "ICT Operations" department head, each in the command of management support Head of the material staff air Institute director at the National Defense Academy Defense attaché
	Maj (formerly Divisionär )	Adjutant to the Federal President Chief of Staff of the Federal Minister for National Defense and Sport Head of the planning staff in the central office of the Federal Ministry of Defense and Sport Head of the management staff in the central office of the Federal Ministry for National Defense and Sport Head of the armaments staff in the central office of the Federal Ministry of Defense and Sport Air Force Commander Commander of the International Operations Command Commander of the Theresian Military Academy Commander of the operational support command Deputy to the Commander of the Armed Forces Command Chief of Staff in the Armed Forces Command Head of the Army Intelligence Office and Deputy Head of Sections in the Central Office of the Federal Ministry for National Defense
	Lieutenant General (formerly Corps Commander )	Deputy Chief of the General Staff in the Central Office of the Federal Ministry for National Defense and Sport Head of sections in the central office of the Federal Ministry of Defense and Sport Commander Armed Forces Commander of the National Defense Academy
	general	Chief of the General Staff in the central office of the Federal Ministry for National Defense and Sport

additions

The rank can be adjusted u. a. the following rank additions:

abbreviation	Long form
A.	Doctor (only from first lieutenant)
aD	off-duty
dG	of the General Staff Service
dhmfD	of the higher military technical service
dhmtD	of the higher military technical service
dIntD	of the directorship service
dRes	the reserve
iR	in peace

z. E.g .: MjrA, Lt aD, ObstdG, HptmdhmtD, ObstltdIntD, Olt dRes, Bgdr iR,

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 915 of the supplements to the stenographic minutes of the National Council XX. GP. (PDF) Austrian Parliament, December 10, 1997, p. 51 , accessed on November 19, 2010 : “With regard to the planned opening of the armed forces to voluntary military services by women, the lowest military rank instead of the current“ Wehrmann ”should in future be uniform for both genders can be referred to by the term "recruit". " 

See also

• Ranks of the fire brigade in Austria
• Ranks of the Imperial and Royal Army
• Ranks of the Austrian security executive
• Ranks of the Austrian Red Cross

Web links

• Federal Army ranks
• Training and promotion of officers (militia status)
• Training and promotion of NCOs (militia status)
• The ranks in international comparison (NATO rank class system) (website of the Federal Ministry for National Defense, English)